Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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